Simpson Thacher represented MOGU Holdings Limited in connection with its Series D preferred share financing, its all-stock merger with Meiliworks Limited, and a follow-on investment by Tencent in the combined company.

MOGU Holdings Limited and Meiliworks Limited are two leading China-based e-commerce and social networking platforms and have a combined equity value of almost US$3 billion.

The Simpson Thacher team for these transactions included Katie Sudol, Shaolin Luo, Yang Wang, Sandra Kister, Matthew Schwartz, Amy Liu and Xiaoyu Ding (Hong Kong/Beijing – M&A); and Tristan Brown and Linda Barrett (ECEB).